A meeting was held on 30 April 1880 at the Queen's Hotel The move was to backfire as the breakaway
Northern Rugby Union (NRU) formed, taking disgruntled clubs and players with it. and Rugby players and officials began derogatively reverting to the term "Melbourne Association" and "Melbourne Rules" in reference to the QFA and rules fuelling a sentiment of it being increasingly anti-rugby and anti-Queensland. The QFA was criticised for its lack of a player transfer system. The situation in 1886 became farcical, in which players had begun to freely change to winning clubs week to week, and would even switch codes without accountability from the governing body. The QFA was under heavy fire for its neglect in Australian Football in 1890 with clubs increasingly folding it had prepared no formal fixture for the season. It disbanded at the end of the season as the majority of its member clubs all folded and joined the ranks of rugby and soccer.
Legacy The QFA's demise led to the widespread adoption of rugby across the colony, and it became the dominant sport for more than a century. However, following a decade long hiatus, Australian rules saw renewed interest during the
Federation of Australia and fans in Queensland at the turn of the century regrouped floating the idea of a new competition that would endure in the state. The
Queensland Football League (QFL) was formed in July 1903. In 2014,
AFL Queensland created a new competition called Queensland Football Association (QFA) which as its lowest non-amateur division. While it shares the same name, the current competition has no connection to the historic competition. ==Administration==